Continuing Education Courses: Days and Times

The typical days and times when Continuing Education courses are taking place in academic year 2023/24 are outlined below.

Our programme of short courses varies by semester. This page will be updated as new courses are announced.

Click the relevant day of the week for each term to find out which short courses usually have classes on each day and whether delivery is online or in-person.

Term one

When browsing the course options for any day in term one, click the course name for further details about the programme. You can also browse the courses for term one by subject area.

Term one courses start from September 2023.

CourseLocationTime
Chaucer's Pilgrims:Life and Thought in the Middle Ages Online 10am-12pm
Reading The New Testament: The Book of Revelation Online 1.30pm-3.30pm
The Call of the Coast: Artists’ Colonies in Britain 1890-1940  Campus 11am-1pm
The Call of the Coast: Artists’ Colonies in Britain 1890-1940  Campus 6pm-8pm
Journey to the Stars: An Introductory Astronomy Course with Observational Experience Campus 7pm-9pm
Writing Novels and Short Stories: Getting Started Online 7pm-9pm
Monday
Tuesday
CourseLocationTime
Piano Playing Through a Study of the Life and Works of Ludwig Van Beethoven Online 10am-12pm
Going Underground: Subterranean Liverpool, 1715-1973 Campus 11am-1pm
The Divine Landscape of Ancient Egypt: The Gods and Their Worship (Part 1 of 3) Campus 11am-1pm
21st Century Women Writers:  The Life Beyond  Campus 11am-1pm
Liverpool and the American Civil War Campus 2pm-4pm
How to Understand Art Campus  2pm-4pm
Introduction to Greek Literature Online 6pm-8pm
A Practical Introduction to Python Campus 6pm-8pm

Wednesday
CourseLocationTime
A Brush With Life: '10' Liverpool Painters Campus 11am-1pm
A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage: Exploring the Artistic Partnership of Rossetti and Siddal Campus 2pm-4pm
Exploring Ancient Greek in Translation: Euripides' Medea Online 6pm-8pm
Scriptwriting for TV and Film with Adam Simpson Campus 6pm-8pm

Thursday
CourseLocationTime
Glass Onions: The Beatles on Film, 1963-2022 Online 10.30am-12.30pm
Exploring the Supernatural: Ghosts and Gothic Fiction in the 19th and 20th Centuries Campus 11am-1pm
The Visual Language of Popular Music Campus 1pm-3pm
PAINT! The Walker Art Gallery and the John Moores Painting Prize 2023 Campus 1pm-3pm
The People of the Grand Tour Ness Botanic Gardens 2pm-4pm
An Introduction to Chaucer Campus 2pm-4pm
Philosophy as a Way of Life: A Journey of Self-Discovery Campus 6pm-8pm
Exploring Latin Epics in Translation: Vergil’s Aeneid Online 6pm-8pm

Friday
CourseLocationTime
The Monthly Novel: Widows Campus 11am-2pm
PAINT! The Walker Art Gallery and the John Moores Painting Prize 2023 Campus 1pm-3pm

Saturday
CourseLocationTime
Seasons in the Abyss: A Miscellany of Liverpool Horror Campus 10am-4pm
One Day Wonders: Writing for Children and Young Adults Campus 10am-3pm
Popular Music and Advertising Campus 1pm-3pm
"Oh Yes It Is..." Pantomime in Liverpool, 1850-2023 Campus 10am-4pm
Shakespeare on the Couch: The Merchant of Venice Campus 10am-4pm
Ancient Mesopotamia - The Assyrian Empire Campus 10am-4pm

Term two

To give you an idea of potential options in term two, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.

Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available later this year.

Term two courses start from January 2024. 

CourseLocationTime
Religion in the Middle Ages  Online 10am-12pm 
Art on the French Riviera  Campus 11am-1pm 
Going Underground: Subterranean Liverpool, 1715-1973 Campus  11am-1pm
Reading the New Testament: Acts of the Apostles 1-19 Online 1.30pm-3.30pm 
Art on the French Riviera  Campus 6pm-8pm 
Your Benefits and the Law: An Introduction to Welfare Rights  Online 6pm-8pm 
Getting Fiction Finished Campus  7pm-8pm
Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe: An Astronomy Course for Curious Minds  Campus  7pm-9pm 
Writing Novels and Short Stories: Towards the End Online 7pm-9pm
Monday
Tuesday
CourseLocationTime
21st Century Women Writers: Family  Campus  11am-1pm 
FutureReal: A Liverpool That Never Was 1854-2021  Campus  11am-1pm 
Charles Darwin and Psychology Campus  12pm-1pm
An Artistic Journey Through Medieval and Renaissance Europe  Campus  2pm-4pm 
Roman North-West England  Campus  2pm-4pm 
Reshaping Alexander the Great: Myth, History and Modern Theatrical Adaptations Online  6pm-7pm
The Alexander Romance: An Introduction to the Ancient Reception of Alexander the Great  Online  6pm-8pm 
The divine landscape of ancient Egypt: The gods and their worship (Part 2 of 3)  Campus 11am-1pm
Liverpool and the American Civil War Campus 11am-1pm

Wednesday
CourseLocationTime
Titanic: Romancing Disaster 1912-2012  Campus  11am-1pm 
Eco-Fiction: Re-imagining Environmental Narratives Online 6pm-8pm
Ancient Greek I: An Introduction  Online  6pm-8pm 
Philosophical Perspectives on Art: What Is It and What Does It Do? Campus 6pm-8pm

Thursday
CourseLocationTime
Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Style in Liverpool, 1775-1879  Online  10.30am-12.30pm 
Darwin, Evolution and Psychology: Exploring a Dynamic Relationship  Campus  11am-1pm 
Reading Victorian Sensation: Exploring Greart Expectations and Lady Audley's Secret  Campus  11am-1pm 
Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool Revisited  Campus  1pm-3pm 
From Mods and Rockers to Rastafarians and New Puritans: Exploring Youth Culture Campus  1pm-3pm 
Animal Life in the Art of the Ancient Classical World  Ness Botanic Gardens  2pm-4pm 
Exploring Shakespeare's Sonnets  Campus  2pm-4pm 
Latin I: An Introduction Online 6pm-8pm
Philosophy in Movies Online 6pm-8pm
Bladerunner and Kant - The moral status of synthetic organisms  Campus  7pm-8pm

Friday
CourseLocationTime
The Monthly Novel: Life Stories  Campus 11am-2pm 
Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool Revisited  Campus  1pm-3pm 

Saturday
CourseLocationTime
One Day Wonders: Writing for Children and Young Adults  Campus  10am-3pm 
Shakspeare on the Couch: The Winter's Tale  Campus  10am-4pm 
Revisiting the Beatles: Gender, Fashion and Fandom in the 1960s  Campus  1pm-3pm 
Come Prepared to Fly: The Art of Yoko Ono  Campus  1.30pm-4.30pm 
Writing Ruins: Interdisciplinary Writing and Art Workshop Capus 10am-4pm

Term three

To give you an idea of potential options in term three, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.

Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available in Spring 2024.

Term three courses start from April 2024.

CourseLocationTime
The English Reformation 1509-1553  Online  10am-12pm 
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy  Campus  10am-3pm 
Reading the New Testament: Acts of the Apostles 20-28  Online  1.30pm-3.30pm 
Should We Write Differently for Children? Campus  7pm-8pm
Writing Worlds into Being Campus  7pm-8pm
The Wonders of our Solar System: A Journey Through Planetary Landscapes  Campus  7pm-9pm 
Writing for Children and Young Adults  Online  7pm-9pm 
Monday
Tuesday
CourseLocationTime
21st Century Women Writers: "In a Strange Land"  Campus  11am-1pm 
The Divine Landscape of Ancient Egypt: The Gods and Their Worship (Part 3 of 3)  Campus  11am-1pm 
Journey Through Time: Exploring the Enigmatic World of Prehistoric Rock Art  Campus  11am-1pm 
Schools of Rock: 10 Iconic Liverpool Live Music Venues  Campus  11am-1pm 
The Art of Change: Exploring the Art of the Early Modern Period Campus  2pm-4pm
Death and Burial in the Roman World  Campus  2pm-4pm 
Ancient Greek History: An Introduction  Online  6pm-8pm 

Wednesday
CourseLocationTime
L’Arts Décoratif: Liverpool in the Age of Jazz 1918–39  Campus  11am-1pm 
Is It All In Your Head? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind  Campus  6pm-8pm 

Thursday
CourseLocationTime
Colours in the Ancient Classical World  Ness Botanic Gardens  2pm-4pm 
Portraits of Artists in Irish Literature  Campus  6pm-8pm 
Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Style in Liverpool 1880-1979 Online  11am-1pm
The Ancient Olympic Games Ness Botanic Gardens 11am-1pm

Friday
CourseLocationTime
The Monthly Novel: By The Sea Campus 11am-2pm 

Saturday
CourseLocationTime
California Dreaming: A Botanical Odyssey at Ness Botanic Gardens  Ness Botanic Gardens  10am-1pm 
Rhododendron Revelations: A Botanical Journey at Ness Botanic Gardens  Ness Botanic Gardens  10am-1pm 
Ancient Mesopotamia: The Babylonian Empire  Campus  10am-4pm 
Changing of the Light: A Practical Journey through Impressionist Themes  Campus  10.30am-4.30pm 
Go-go Dancing, Femininity and Individualism in the Swinging Sixties  Campus  1pm-3pm 
‘Views of Britain and Wales' Poetry Writing Workshop at Ness Botanical Gardens Ness Botanic Gardens 11am-4pm

Summer school

Further details about our summer school in 2024 will appear here when confirmed.

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